al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 7883
✧ I asked: "O Prophet of Allah, how many are the number of prophets?" He replied: "One hundred and twenty-four thousand, among them are three hundred and fifteen messenger groups.
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حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَاتِكَةِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ
خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَرَّ بِبَيْتِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ فَقَامَ عَلَى بَابِ الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ «مَالَكِ يَا كُحَيْلَةُ مُبْتَذِلَةً أَلَيْسَ عُثْمَانُ شَاهِدًا؟» قَالَتْ بَلَى وَمَا اضْطَجَعَ عَلَى فِرَاشِي مُنْذُ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَيَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ فَمَا يُفْطِرُ فَقَالَ «مُرِيهِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَنِي» فَلَمَّا جَاءَ قَالَتْ لَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهِ فَوَجَدَهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَجَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَبَكَى ثُمَّ قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَكَ عَنِّي أَمْرٌ قَالَ «أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ وَتَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ لَا تَضَعُ جَنْبَكَ عَلَى فِرَاشٍ؟» قَالَ عُثْمَانُ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ أَلْتَمِسُ الْخَيْرَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لِعَيْنِكَ حَظٌّ وَلِجَسَدِكَ حَظٌّ وَلِزَوْجِكَ حَظٌّ فَصُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ وَنَمْ وَقُمْ وَائْتِ زَوْجَكَ فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَصُومُ وَأُفْطِرُ وَأَنَامُ وَأَقُومُ وَآتِي النِّسَاءَ فَمَنْ أَخَذَ بِسُنَّتِي فَقَدِ اهْتَدَى وَمَنْ تَرَكَهَا ضَلَّ فَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ عَمِلٍ شِرَّةٌ وَلِكُلِّ شِرَّةٍ فَتْرَةٌ فَإِذَا كَانَتِ الْفَتْرَةُ إِلَى الْغَفْلَةِ فَهِي الْهَلَكَةُ وَإِذَا كَانَتِ الْغَفْلَةُ إِلَى الْفَرِيضَةِ لَا يَضُرُّ صَاحِبَهَا شَيْئًا فَخُذْ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ بِمَا تُطِيقُ وَإِنِّي إِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ بِالْحَنِيفِيَّةِ السَّمْحَةِ فَلَا تَثْقِلْ عَلَيْكَ عِبَادَةَ رَبِّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا طُولُ عُمُرِكَ»
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Chain of narrators
- al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī
- Hishām b. ʿAmmār
- Ṣadaqah b. Khālid
- ʿUthmān b. Abū al-ʿĀtikah
- ʿAlī b. Yazīd
- al-Qāsim
- Abū Umāmah
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out and passed by the house of ‘Uthman b. Maz‘un. He stood at the door of the house and said: “What is the matter with you, O Kuhaylah, that you are so unkempt? Is ‘Uthman not present?” She said: “Yes, but he has not lain on my bed since such-and-such a time, and he fasts all the time and does not break his fast.” He said: “Tell him to come to me.” When he came, she told him, so he went to him and found him in the mosque. He sat with him, but he turned away from him, so he wept. Then he said: “I knew that something about me had reached you.” He said: “Are you the one who fasts all the time and stands in prayer at night, not placing your side on a bed?” ‘Uthman said: “I have done that seeking good.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “Your eye has a right, your body has a right, and your wife has a right. So fast and break your fast, sleep and pray, and go to your wife. For I fast and break my fast, I sleep and pray, and I go to women. Whoever takes my Sunnah has been guided, and whoever leaves it has gone astray. For every action has a period of eagerness, and for every period of eagerness there is a period of slackening. If the slackening leads to heedlessness, then it is destruction, and if the heedlessness leads back to the obligation, then it does not harm its doer at all. So take from deeds what you are able to bear. Verily, I have only been sent with the tolerant Hanifiyyah, so do not make the worship of your Lord burdensome upon yourself. You do not know how long your life will be.”
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